The Good Place
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| Genre |
Fantasy Comedy |
| Created by | Michael Schur |
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| Composer(s) | David Schwartz |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 13 (list of episodes) |
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| Executive producer(s) | Michael Schur David Miner Morgan Sackett Drew Goddard |
| Producer(s) |
David Hyman Joe Mande Megan Amram |
| Editor(s) | Colin Patton Matthew Barbato Eric Kissack |
| Camera setup | Single-camera |
| Running time | 22 minutes |
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| Distributor | NBCUniversal Television Distribution |
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| Original network | NBC |
| Original release | September 19, 2016 – present |
| External links | |
| Website | |
The Good Place is an American fantasy comedy television series created by Mike Schur, starring Kristen Bell and Ted Danson. NBC placed a 13-episode, straight-to-series order for the show in August 2015. The series debuted on Monday, September 19, 2016, it then moved to its Thursday night 8:30 pm (EDT) time slot on September 22, 2016.
The Good Place has received critical acclaim since its premiere; with many praising the performances, writing, setting, and tone of the show.
On January 30, 2017, NBC renewed the show for a second season of 13 episodes, set to debut in 2017.
After she is struck and killed by a tractor-trailer carrying a billboard for erectile dysfunction products, a woman named Eleanor Shellstrop wakes up to discover she has entered the afterlife. When she is told by Michael, her facilitator, that she is in a utopia called "The Good Place" (located in sector 12358w) because of her good deeds by helping get innocent people off death row, plus other international humanitarian work, she realizes that a mistake has been made as people think she is someone else with the same name. Additionally, upon arrival, she learns that each person in the good place has a soulmate with whom she or he is matched and (accordingly) with whom she or he will forever live, in eternity.
Hoping to stay in The Good Place, Eleanor must hide her morally imperfect behavioral past from everyone except for her assigned soulmate, Chidi, who was a university ethics professor in life. To avoid being sent to "The Bad Place", she chooses Chidi to teach her how to become a better person. Shortly thereafter, Eleanor realizes that her behavior and actions can and do catastrophically affect their world, causing negative and sometimes disastrous events in the neighborhood where she was assigned to live (and which was personally designed and built by Michael). She soon learns that she isn't the only "mistake" that was sent to this afterlife, indicating there may be others like her hiding behind a precarious façade.
In the first season's winter finale, Eleanor exposes her secret, prompting the villainous Trevor, who represents The Bad Place, to arrive by train and bring another Eleanor Shellstrop, who was originally meant for The Good Place. Michael promises to protect both women and consequently declares war on The Bad Place.
Michael, Chidi, Tahani and Real Eleanor all work to build a case to protect Fake Eleanor. Eleanor tries to perform good deeds while in The Good Place to make up for her time on earth. On her way to the train however, she learns there's a Medium Place and heads there instead with Jason, another mistake. However, when Chidi and Tahani present Eleanor's case to the judge, the judge rules that the Bad Place is owed two people. Since Eleanor and the other "mistake" Jason are in the Medium Place, Chidi and Tahani will have to take their place. Eleanor and Jason rush back to save their friends. The season ends with a cliffhanger when Eleanor confronts Michael, confidently saying that the imperfections in the Good Place are not his fault, but his design: It was a Bad Place in disguise. Michael admits this, adding that the four main humans were the only humans, everything and everyone around them designed to force them into tortuous conflict for at least a thousand years. He then starts over with a few tweaks and everyone's memories erased, but not before Eleanor can leave a three-word note with Janet instructing her future self: "Eleanor - Find Chidi."
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